Phantom Blank CDs on Desktop

Hi everyone,
I have an odd problem.
When I burn a blank disc (with iTunes for example) the "UntitiledCD.fpbf" CDR icon remains on my desktop even after the disk is burned and now-burned disc automatically mounts on my desktop.
If I burn a disc, eject it, and then insert another blank disc, the second blank disc mounts as "Untitled CD2.fpbf."
I can eject these discs by dragging their icons to the trash (nothing happens, of course, other than the icons disappear) but I'd like to fix things so that these phantom CDs don't occur anymore.
Anyone have any ideas?
Thanks!
Mike

S. Sagan wrote:
at startup desktop shows a window (allow or deny) for cljScannerRegister.app to open. Flashes 3 times then goes away. would like to get rid of this anomoly.
CIJScannerRegister is a Canon utility that scans networks for network printers and is installed on Macs by default, the problem started occuring with the 10.6.4 update and may be fixed by now.
Use your Apple > Software Update to get your operating system on 10.6.7 and see if that clears the problem, else the program is located at:
./Library/Printers/Canon/BJPrinter/Utilities/Canon IJ Network Scan Utility
If your not networking printers, it's safe to delete this program.

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